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Carlos Quintana W12 Paul Williams
Wins a welterweight title
Scores: 116-112 (twice), 115-113
Records: Quintana, 25-1, 19 KOs; Williams, 33-1, 24 KOs
Rafael's remark: We have our first serious candidate for upset of the year with this surprising result. Williams, making the first defense of the belt he won in July 2007 from Antonio Margarito, was being pushed by promoter Dan Goossen as the most avoided fighter in the sport. Some believed he even posed the most legitimate threat to pound-for-pound king and recognized division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hope that fantasy is over now after Williams was exposed in this hugely disappointing performance on HBO's "Boxing After Dark."
Nicknamed "The Punisher," Williams might as well be called "The Punished" because that's what Quintana did to him. He strafed Williams -- who made $900,000 to Quintana's paltry $160,000 -- with clean shots all night in an entertaining battle of southpaws. Quintana landed more punches and was more accurate (of 596 for a 34 connect percentage while Williams was 157-of-799 for 20 percent, according to CompuBox).
It was redemption for Quintana, who folded in his only previous title shot when he was smashed in five rounds by Miguel Cotto in December 2006. Quintana, 31, of Puerto Rico, had fought just once since that loss before getting the shot at Williams, 26, when titlist Kermit Cintron suffered an injury and withdrew from their unification bout.
Quintana started extremely fast, slowed down a little in the middle rounds, and then picked it up down the stretch. He opened cuts over both of Williams' eyes, including a terrible gash over his right eye in the 11th round.
With all the hype from his handlers, Williams seemed to have overlooked Quintana. Williams also looked sapped at the weight, even though he insisted he would remain at welterweight. But it's probably not healthy for him to weigh in at 146¾ pounds and rehydrate all the way to 164 pounds.
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Now where is this schooling that you're talking about....Its a close fight that Quintana won but its not a schooling as you nuthuggers are trying to imply!
Carlos Quintana W12 Paul Williams
Wins a welterweight title
Scores: 116-112 (twice), 115-113
Records: Quintana, 25-1, 19 KOs; Williams, 33-1, 24 KOs
Rafael's remark: We have our first serious candidate for upset of the year with this surprising result. Williams, making the first defense of the belt he won in July 2007 from Antonio Margarito, was being pushed by promoter Dan Goossen as the most avoided fighter in the sport. Some believed he even posed the most legitimate threat to pound-for-pound king and recognized division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hope that fantasy is over now after Williams was exposed in this hugely disappointing performance on HBO's "Boxing After Dark."
Nicknamed "The Punisher," Williams might as well be called "The Punished" because that's what Quintana did to him. He strafed Williams -- who made $900,000 to Quintana's paltry $160,000 -- with clean shots all night in an entertaining battle of southpaws. Quintana landed more punches and was more accurate (of 596 for a 34 connect percentage while Williams was 157-of-799 for 20 percent, according to CompuBox).
It was redemption for Quintana, who folded in his only previous title shot when he was smashed in five rounds by Miguel Cotto in December 2006. Quintana, 31, of Puerto Rico, had fought just once since that loss before getting the shot at Williams, 26, when titlist Kermit Cintron suffered an injury and withdrew from their unification bout.
Quintana started extremely fast, slowed down a little in the middle rounds, and then picked it up down the stretch. He opened cuts over both of Williams' eyes, including a terrible gash over his right eye in the 11th round.
With all the hype from his handlers, Williams seemed to have overlooked Quintana. Williams also looked sapped at the weight, even though he insisted he would remain at welterweight. But it's probably not healthy for him to weigh in at 146¾ pounds and rehydrate all the way to 164 pounds.
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Now where is this schooling that you're talking about....Its a close fight that Quintana won but its not a schooling as you nuthuggers are trying to imply!
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